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Environmental Pollution of Chinese Industrial Enterprises and Energy Conservation, and Emission Reduction Environmental Protection Strategies from the Cyclic Economy Perspective


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High emission, pollution, and energy consumption problems that result from rapid economic development have not yet been effectively solved. As an important force that drives economic development, industrial enterprises have caused considerable environmental pollution. To analyse the current status and causes of environmental pollution generated by Chinese industrial enterprises and propose concrete energy conservation and emission reduction environmental protection measures, this paper first reviewed Chinese and foreign studies on strategies that addressed environmental pollution caused by industrial enterprises. Then, the environmental pollution status of industrial enterprises was analysed, and problems in energy conservation and emission reduction of industrial enterprises, and their causes were identified. Finally, energy conservation and emission reduction strategies for industrial enterprises were proposed. Results indicate that environmental pollution of industrial enterprises is reflected through a rapidly growing proportion of total energy consumed by industrial enterprises, large industrial “three wastes” emission load, and year-by-year decline of the elasticity coefficient of energy consumption. The problems in energy conservation and emission reduction of industrial enterprises are an unreasonable industrial structure; a distinct contradiction in energy consumption structure; difficulty in guaranteeing various inputs of energy conservation and emission reduction; imperfect energy conservation and emission reduction policies and regulations; and insufficient marketing measures. The main cause of the environmental pollution generated by industrial enterprises is the lack of effective supervision for the implementation of energy conservation and emission reduction policies, and low awareness about energy consumption and emission reduction. Our findings are critical to further understanding the environmental pollution caused by industrial enterprises, encouraging the government to formulate energy conservation and emission reduction measures in accordance with the practical situation, and enabling industrial enterprises to continuously reduce their energy consumption and emission.

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Industrial Enterprise, Environmental Pollution, Energy Conservation, Emission Reduction.
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Zhiyong Shao
Qilu University of Technology, Shandong, China

Abstract


High emission, pollution, and energy consumption problems that result from rapid economic development have not yet been effectively solved. As an important force that drives economic development, industrial enterprises have caused considerable environmental pollution. To analyse the current status and causes of environmental pollution generated by Chinese industrial enterprises and propose concrete energy conservation and emission reduction environmental protection measures, this paper first reviewed Chinese and foreign studies on strategies that addressed environmental pollution caused by industrial enterprises. Then, the environmental pollution status of industrial enterprises was analysed, and problems in energy conservation and emission reduction of industrial enterprises, and their causes were identified. Finally, energy conservation and emission reduction strategies for industrial enterprises were proposed. Results indicate that environmental pollution of industrial enterprises is reflected through a rapidly growing proportion of total energy consumed by industrial enterprises, large industrial “three wastes” emission load, and year-by-year decline of the elasticity coefficient of energy consumption. The problems in energy conservation and emission reduction of industrial enterprises are an unreasonable industrial structure; a distinct contradiction in energy consumption structure; difficulty in guaranteeing various inputs of energy conservation and emission reduction; imperfect energy conservation and emission reduction policies and regulations; and insufficient marketing measures. The main cause of the environmental pollution generated by industrial enterprises is the lack of effective supervision for the implementation of energy conservation and emission reduction policies, and low awareness about energy consumption and emission reduction. Our findings are critical to further understanding the environmental pollution caused by industrial enterprises, encouraging the government to formulate energy conservation and emission reduction measures in accordance with the practical situation, and enabling industrial enterprises to continuously reduce their energy consumption and emission.

Keywords


Industrial Enterprise, Environmental Pollution, Energy Conservation, Emission Reduction.

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